Turkmenistan

Turk·meni·stan (tərk men′i stan′, -stän′)

1. Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

2. country in central Asia, on the Caspian Sea, north of Iran: became independent upon the breakup of the U.S.S.R. (1991): 186,400 sq mi (482,774 sq km); pop. 3,523,000; cap. Ashgabat: formerly, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic